Arranging trees, shrubs, and other fuels sources in a way that makes it difficult for fire to transfer from one fuel source to another, usually to “defend” buildings.
When ecosystems function, they provide “services”: they clean water and air; decompose waste and cycle nutrients; generate soils and renew their fertility; regulate disease carrying organisms; moderate weather extremes, and contribute to climate stability and...
Ecosystems are ecological systems: communities of plants and animals, including people, that interact with one another and with their abiotic environment (soil, water, air, minerals) of a region. Ecosystems occur in different land uses, such as wildlands (natural...
leaves or scales are retained on the plant year round
Restriction of a plant part that inhibits the flow of water and photosynthates.
Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit
